branch

branch

(branch) ramus; a division or offshoot from a main stem, especially of blood vessels, nerves, or lymphatics.

bundle branch a branch of the bundle of His.

branch

(brănch)

n.

Something that resembles a branch of a tree, as in form or function, as:

a. A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

b. Anatomy An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

v.branched, branching, branches

v.intr.

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

branch′less adj.

branch′y adj.

branch

(in anatomy) an offshoot arising from the main trunk of a nerve or blood vessel.

branch

A division of a thing into smaller subunits, which remain connected to the original whole in a tree-like, arborescing fashion. Branching is typical of anatomic structures that divide the further they are from their origin—e.g., arterioles, venules, bronchioles and nerves.

branch

(branch)

An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. See: ramus, artery, nerve, vein Synonym(s): ramus (1) .

branch

branch

[TA] An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. See: ramus, artery, nerve, vein

[Fr. branche, related to L. brachium, arm]

branch

1. ramus; a division or offshoot from a main stem, especially of blood vessels, nerves or lymphatics.

2. the bearing surface of the horseshoe that supports the wall of the hoof. There is a lateral and a medial branch.

bundle branch

a branch of the bundle of His.

communicating gray branch

postganglionic nerve fibers coursing between the sympathetic ganglia and the spinal nerves; destined for skin glands, blood vessels and the like; join spinal and cranial nerves.

communicating white branch

preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic system originate in the lateral columns of the spinal cord and pass to the spinal nerves and then, via the communicating white fibers, to the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk.

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